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Supervisors push for timelier overdose data as fentanyl deaths spike
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee advanced amendments to a bill requiring more frequent public reporting of overdose mortality data after hearing Department of Public Health explanations about case-closure delays and testimony on rising fentanyl deaths.
Supervisor Matt Haney proposed legislation to make mortality data on drug overdoses more timely, saying San Franciscorecorded 222 overdose deaths in 2017, 259 in 2018 and at least 330 in 2019 and that fentanyl-related deaths surged. Haney told the committee the goal is to provide policymakers, public-health officials and service providers with up-to-date information so they can respond in near real time.
Haney said initial language had required monthly reporting from the chief medical examiner, but that conversations with medical-examiner staff indicated a large share of cases require weeks to close. "Weare amending our…
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